Inmate, 70, dies at Yerington jail

Lyon County deputy sheriffs discovered a 70-year-old incarcerated person unresponsive at 4 a.m. Wednesday at the Sheriff’s Office detention facility in Yerington. Although an ambulance was immediately requested, the person was pronounced dead by a deputy sheriff coroner prior to the ambulance’s arrival. The name of the deceased is being withheld pending next of kin notification. According to a Lyon County Sher